[B-Greek] Interlinear

Chambers3501 at aol.com Chambers3501 at aol.com
Wed Dec 28 16:57:19 EST 2005


I discovered that reading the Greek NT everyday, making a list of words I  
did not know, and then looking them up as I got time, worked very well.  I  
always highlighted definitions in the lexicon, and this way I knew right away if  
I was looking things up more than once.  Using the highlighter on the  lexicon 
helped a lot.  I would get mad at myself if I went to look  something up and 
found it already colored yellow! and this seemed to help with  memorization.
 
A parsing guide is very useful if you are doing this.
 
It took about a year to get to the point where I could read the GNT  
comfortably without running to the lexicon every third or fourth word.  I  never used 
the interlinear.  It just worried me.  I wanted to get a  sense of how the 
text should "sound" and was rewarded with just that. I felt  that an interlinear 
would interfere.
 
My advice:  Carry the Greek NT everywhere and read it  constantly (even when 
waiting in line at the post office.  Even if you  don't know some of the 
words).  Stick it out long enough, and it will  pay great dividends in the end.  
True, this is hard work, but that  doesn't scare us, right?
 
Bob Gray
Lighthouse Wesleyan Church
Margate, Fla.  



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